Needing Nap-time
I want you to pretend with me for a moment: You’ve had a long Saturday outside; maybe you’ve been chopping wood for the wood pile, maybe you spent the day helping out at your kid’s Marching Band or Scout Troop Christmas…
Lesson learned
For those of us living indoors, the hardest part of living outdoors can’t be felt in a day of helping or a weekend living on the streets. After hundreds of great conversations with my outdoor friends I’ve realized that finding…
Conflict and Community
It’s been way too long since I last posted on here and I’m hoping to make it a more regular thing, but I wanted to post a little note about this evening. The Underground is our regular Wednesday evening youth drop-in…
The Ice Cream and the Backpack
I want to talk briefly about the relief work we do, that is “the work we do that allows people to make it through the day”. Someday I hope we might be in a place where we are able to…
Failure is (not) an option
I love that scene from Apollo 13, and from history, when the NASA chief gives his engineers a nearly impossible task then firmly says, “Failure is NOT an option.” It’s a great sentiment, and a great motivator. It is not,…
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